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Bridgeport, California: Bucking Horse Weather Vane, Silver Oxen

A motel attracts some customer demographic with a weather vane horse and painted ox and wagon.

Redwood Motel

Address:
425 Main St., Bridgeport, CA
Directions:
Redwood Motel. North of Mono Lake in unincorporated town in Mono County. Corner of Hwy. 395 and Twin Lakes Rd.
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Bucking Horse weather vane.

Bucking Horse Weather Vane, Silver Oxen

The bucking horse -- which spins with the wind -- and fiberglass oxen pulling an old wagon are outside the Redwood Motel at the corner of Hwy. 395 and Twin Lakes Rd.

[Joe Boulter, 09/08/2009]

Horse statues are so common -- we passed at least a dozen on a recent trip -- and mostly yawn-inducing, so we don't even slow down to note locations. The weather vane function makes this one more unusual, and the silver idol oxen helps...


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